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Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Maxwell House, good to the last drop ... sort of. When you pour your tea, do you insist on pouring, shaking, whatever it takes to get the last drop from your pot? Please share.

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I have done this to the point of the person having tea with me saying "Are you kidding me?" on more than one occasion Admittedly, that's kind of the reaction I was going for because I realize it can look ridiculous even if you aren't intentionally doing it for a minute

IPT wrote:I generally just wait until the drips are few and far between. I have seen too many teapots get chipped by over-zealous shaking.

Heh, I have done this, tiny chip on the very tip of the spout, more than once. A learning curve thing. When it happens, it makes a sickening clunk and you know, but it is too late. Have not done it for years .... probably should not have said that.

So now I do all shaking well above whatever I am pouring into!!!!!

Guitar98... wrote:Yeah I do a quite a bit of shaking... Though, I usually do the most shaking with Japanese greens. They by far seem to soak up the most water.

+1

IPT wrote:

Nenugal wrote:

IPT wrote:I generally just wait until the drips are few and far between. I have seen too many teapots get chipped by over-zealous shaking.

That's the primary reason I'm so fond of the anti-drip rubber tips on my kyusus, it saved me from a chipped spout after a too vigorous shake yesterday...

I always remove those. I don't like the look. Of course the first time I chip one I'll wish I hadn't.

I left 2 molded silicone ones on 2 rather inexpensive kyusu figuring I might be less attentive with these kyusu. Since they are molded, they do not look bad at all. But not on any others that came with just a cut piece of flexible tubing that was likely more for protection during shipping.

Stentor wrote:"Absolutely, I shake, etc in order to get the very last drop out. "

I have done this to the point of the person having tea with me saying "Are you kidding me?" on more than one occasion Admittedly, that's kind of the reaction I was going for because I realize it can look ridiculous even if you aren't intentionally doing it for a minute

With kyusu-s, I have this little rolling motion that I should video. It works really well and eliminates most of the shaking.